very different to the charter he played in the sopranos and it became this theater force. the charter tony soprano in television? i think at the top because i think television forever was consumed with creating a lead charter who would be in a likable and i think he made him he made this incredibly scary guy, who in many ways, extremely likable at the same time. it was a really great performance and fully fleshed out. i mean, you know, he had tremendous vulnerability and going to a psychiatrist and torments in his family and mother and children. it was a full fleshed performance and i don t think we saw anything like that before and won t see anything like it again. we see great performances but this was breakthrough, this was a changing performance and nothing was the same in television after this show. we have a statement just in, actually, from david chase, the creator of sopranos. he said he was a genius. he s one of the greatest act tomorrows of this or any time. a great dea
very different to the charter he played in the sapronos and it became this theater force. the charter tony saprono in television? i think at the top because i think television forever was consumed with creating a lead charter who would be in a likable and i think he made him he made this incredibly scary guy, who in many ways, extremely likable at the same time. it was a really great performance and fully fleshed out. i mean, you know, he had tremendous vulnerability and going to a psychiatrist and torments in his family and mother and children. it was a full fleshed performance and i don t think we saw anything like that before and won t see anything like it again. we see great performances but this was breakthrough, this was a changing performance and nothing was the same in
like his character. but, you know, full of life. i mean, the guy was just a force, a tremendous physical force and really a superb talent. his performance as tony sparano, it changed television. television changed dramatically because of this and really, i think the center point of dramatic acting shifted from movies to television because of him. i mean, he just changed the way people regard television and actors came to television because they could perform at this level after watching him. what was interesting about him? i met him a couple times, he was pretty shy, actually, when you met him in the flesh, very modest, very reserved in many ways as you hinted there in terms of interviews but very, very different to the character he played in the sopranos, and became this theater force.